Jobs In The Year 2000

January 30, 1996

What will jobs in the future be like? For ideas, we looked to some of the people who will join the work force after the year 2000. These students from Spratley Middle School in Hampton offer some views about their career fields.

"This machine is to help morticians' jobs be easier and better. First, you insert the body. Then turn on the machine. And this graph will show on a screen how the body and the face will be functioned. And it preserves the body waste in a little capsule container."

Robyn Hicks

"In the year 2020, my job will be a first-grade teacher. Everything will probably be on computers, such as your textbooks, and your work will be on computers, too. I will be a nice teacher, and if they were acting bad I would just call my robot to take them home."

Megan Pudliner

"During the 2000s, a computer will take the place of a dentist. If you want to brush your teeth or have a toothache, all you have to do is push a button, and your teeth will be clean and your teeth will stop aching."